Kemp Sets Spending Of Federal COVID-19 School Aid

Gov. Brian Kemp announced new spending plans for federal COVID-19 aid to schools Tuesday as Georgia’s newly confirmed infection numbers continue to fall but remain the highest per capita in the nation.

Kemp said he would allocate more than $65 million of the remaining $105 million in discretionary money he has to aid schools, pending expected approval by the U.S. Department of Education.

Of that money, at least $17 million will go to the state’s Department of Early Care and Learning to subsidize programs to help private child care centers provide daytime supervision for students whose school systems are providing all-virtual instruction.